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   From: criminally-complicit@sfchronicle.com   
      
   Sen. Elizabeth Warren is sorry that a 20-year-old Iowa student   
   is dead and that a reported illegal alien has been charged in   
   the killing, but the Massachusetts Democrat wants to stay   
   focused on the “real problems.”   
      
   This isn’t a paraphrase of something she said Wednesday on CNN.   
   This is her actual response to a question about reports that law   
   enforcement agents have charged Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 24, in   
   the disappearance and murder of Mollie Tibbetts.   
      
   “I’m so sorry for the family here, and I know this is hard, not   
   only for the family, but for the people in her community, the   
   people throughout Iowa,” Warren told CNN’s John Berman. “But one   
   of the things we have to remember is: We need an immigration   
   system that is effective. That focuses on where real problems   
   are.”   
      
   Berman asking the senator specifically to respond to President   
   Trump and Vice President Mike Pence claiming the Tibbetts murder   
   is proof of the need for stronger immigration enforcement.   
      
   Warren continued, saying, "Uh, last month, I went down to the   
   border, and I saw where children had been taken away from their   
   mothers. I met with those mothers, who had been lied to, who   
   didn’t know where their children were, who hadn’t had a chance   
   to talk to their children. And there was no plan for how they’d   
   be reunified with their children."   
      
   Tibbetts' remains were found early Tuesday morning, according to   
   law enforcement officials. Rivera, who authorities believe has   
   been living in the U.S. illegally for four to seven years, has   
   been charged with first-degree murder. His bail was set Tuesday   
   at $1 million.   
      
   “I think we need immigration laws that focus on people who pose   
   a real threat, and I don’t think mammas and babies are the place   
   where we should be spending our resources. Separating a mamma   
   from a baby does not make this country safe,” Warren said.   
      
   Trump signed an executive order on June 20 reversing the policy   
   of separating illegal immigrant families. And as to the issue of   
   mothers being separated from their babies, I think Tibbetts’   
   mother, Laura Calderwood, might have some thoughts on that.   
      
   The Washington Examiner’s Phil Klein disagreed Wednesday with   
   the criticisms of Warren, arguing the Massachusetts senator had   
   not really stepped in it with “outrageously tone-deaf” comment.   
      
   “I'm no Warren fan, but this strikes me as a stretch. In clip   
   she goes on to say we need to focus on actual threats, and that   
   family separation doesn't make us safe," he wrote. "She isn't   
   saying that a young girl getting killed isn't a problem.”   
      
   I disagree that the negative reaction is a stretch. The   
   criticisms are well-deserved. Her comments follow a clear path.   
   She starts by saying she’s sorry about the Tibbetts murder, and   
   then changes the subject to attack Trump over an immigration   
   policy he rescinded two months ago.   
      
   It’s true Warren's remarks were about the White House’s response   
   to the murder. That doesn’t take away from the “but” in her “I’m   
   sorry someone is dead” response. There should never be a "but"   
   in those statements.   
      
   https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/elizabeth-warren-on-   
   the-tibbetts-murder-sad-shes-dead-but-we-have-to-remember-we-   
   need-an-immigration-system-that-focuses-on-where-real-problems-   
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